Audio Recording and Production Workshop

AUDIO RECORDING AND PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
for Folklorists, Presenters, and Musicians

Friday, January 25th and Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, New York

Enrollment limited to 15 participants.
ENROLLMENT CLOSED NOW — Add your Name to a Waiting List for a repeat of this workshop later in the year.

New York Folklore Society
P.O. Box 764
Schenectady, NY 12301
518/346-7008
Fax 518/346-6617
nyfs@nyfolklore.org

AUDIO RECORDING AND PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
For Folklorists, Presenters, and Musicians

The New York Folklore Society presents a two-day intensive workshop on the basics and finer points of working with audio recording, especially in the digital domain. The workshop is intended to refine your skills at recording in a wide variety of settings from interviews to live concert recording. In the second half of the workshop, the focus will shift to basic computer-based digital editing and conversion of sound files for dissemination over the internet in .MP3 files and pod-casting.

Workshop Leaders:

William Aleman is a studio recording engineer and musician with experience in classical orchestral as well as Dominican folk and popular music. He has over three decades of experience in the performance and presentation of cultural traditions of the Dominican Republic. As owner and engineer of Latino Mastering Studio in Yonkers, New York, he works with all types of music and media, and has specialized in the recording of acoustic music.

Emily Botein is an independent radio producer who recently co-produced the series Stories from the Heart of the Land with Jay Allison. Botein helped launch PRI’s The Next Big Thing in 1999 and served as its senior producer. Since 2005, she has worked with a range of shows and institutions, including American Routes, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Studio 360, National Public Radio, and Weekend America.

Workshop Schedule:

	Friday, January 25th:
	12:00 NOON		Registration and Lunch (provided)
	1:00 P.M.		Essential Elements of Sound: Basic Recording techniques
	3:00 P.M.		Break
	3:30 P.M.		Practical Applications of Recording: Hands on practice with professional equipment in a variety of settings.
	5:00 P.M.		Audio Listening Review and Critique: What works and why.
	6:30 P.M.		Dinner on your own
	Evening		Free form recording projects at local area music events
	Saturday, January 26th:
	8:30 A.M.		Coffee
	9:00 A.M.		Introduction to Audio Editing: Planning your edit using Pro-tools and other audio software
	11:00 A.M.		Hands On Practice Session in small groups
	12:30 P.M.		Lunch (provided)
	1:30-3:30 P.M		Applications for Web-based Audio and Pod-Casting

Cost of Program: $50:00. Includes use of equipment and materials and lunch both days.
ENROLLMENT CLOSED NOW — Add your Name to a Waiting List for a repeat of this workshop later in the year.

Enrollment limited to 15 participants. Scholarship support will be available on a competitive basis.

Lodging: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains.

Please contact the New York Folklore Society for lodging information/assistance, (518) 346-7008 or nyfs@nyfolklore.org

This workshop is made possible with support from the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency and the New York State Music Fund